Method for making patterned plated knit fabric

A sinker of a circular knitting machine equipped with needles for producing a patterned plated knit with satin finish and using a first strand and a second strand, which are different, at least in color, to be fed to the needles through the sinkers, and positioning of said strands through selection and programmed longitudinal movement of the sinkers in such a way as to present one or other of the two strands with reverse side and face side of the resulting knit fabric, without cutting the strands, creating patterns through color difference at least, in the knit fabric areas in which there is, on the face side or in view, one or other of the strands, including a head and a shaft, where the head of the sinker is raised above the shaft and presents a surface for forming the knit fabric, a beveled top and between said surface and said top, an intermediate projection which overhangs the surface for forming the fabric (18) and which, with the beveled top, marks the limit of a recess and where along the shaft of the sinker are arranged, on an upper side, a control “heel” and towards a rear a tail with a step, the recess of the sinker being intended to receive the two strands in a first position for feeding the needles, the recess and the surface for forming the fabric of the sinker being intended to receive the two strands individually in a second position, reversed, to feed the needles, while the heel and the tail step of the sinker shaft are intended to act with cam means for controlling the movements of the sinkers.

A circular hosiery or knitting machine equipped with needles and sinkers for using a first strand and a second strand, which are different, at least in color to be fed to the needles through the sinkers, and positioning of said strands through selection and programmed longitudinal movement of the sinkers in such a way as to present one or other of the two strands with a reverse side and a face side of the resulting knit fabric, without cutting the strands, creating patterns through color difference at least, in the knit fabric areas in which there is, on the face side or in view, one or other of the strands, the sinkers including a head and a shaft, where the head of the sinker is raised above the shaft and presents a surface for forming the knit fabric, a beveled top and between said surface and said top, an intermediate projection which overhangs the surface for forming the fabric and which, with the beveled top, marks a limit of a recess and where along the shaft of the sinker are arranged on an upper side, a control “heel” and towards a rear, a tail with a step, the recess of the sinker being intended to receive the two strands, in a first position for feeding the needles, the recess and the surface for forming the fabric of the sinker being intended to receive the two strands individually in a second position, reversed, to feed the needles, while the heel and the tail step of the sinker shaft are intended to act with a cam means for controlling movements of the sinkers with a cover which has control cams for sinkers for producing patterned plated knit fabric and control cams for sinkers for producing jersey knit fabric interspersed with plated knit, at least one of said cams being movable between an active position and an inactive position, depending on the fabric being produced.